have the will to develop themselves once they are enlightened. Human beings. however, know what is evil and impure and still do such things for material gain and profit, failing to consider the final result. This is like taking a little poison at a time. One poisons oneself. It is a pity that people who look only for excitement and temporary solutions to their problems are not more aware of this.
In ancient China, the word Heaven had two different meanings, one of which was the complete and integral uni- verse. Although people did not make Heaven the judge, they did believe the laws of Heaven to be universally just. Heaven is the fatherly energy, the source and authority of life. In methodical, natural self-cultivation we speak of thirty-six Heavens. In this realm, there are many subtle spots or subtle “energy islands” where beings live. This is not a matter of religious faith, but the fruitful result of the
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xploration and cultivation by many generations of true scientists and pioneers. The possibility for personal
cultivation and achievement is not lost to the nodern student. The method and the way are still here.
It is to describe the subtle energy spots of Ieaven, but one can look at each star, each planet and each
as an energy island. Among these are the earth. he sun and the moon. Since energy forms differently on each the beings of each star are also Ordinary beings like to use themselves as the standard for all
If they do not a flesh and blood being on a star, hey deny the of any being there. This attitude
inaccurate information which can have a negative on the growth of future beings.
Stars are the source of all living creatures, and every star starry beings. Practically speaking. heavens are places to and tour. There are thirty-six special communicating
and besides the close connection of the first in the solar system, sun and moon, there are still reachable spiritual places such as the twenty-eight and the Big Dipper. The Pung immortal sles are a spiritual place on the Heavenly River (the
where those who have achieved the refinement of the ntemal immortal medicine especially like to visit.
All heavenly energy spots are reachable by developed The fundamental principle of achievement is the ntegration of Hun and PO into a complete and transformable
being. Although such a being does not depend on he nostrils to receive oxygen, he may depend on something more subtle. With their indescribable forms, spirits can tour all the stars of heavens.
The well-known Three Realms of are above all thirty-six Heavens, but they can also happen anywhere as one’s personal spiritual achievement. By consistently
ting oneself spiritually, one can develop the capability to be on any of the energy islands, whether visible or invisible. An achieved one can even have a star resort for one’s own cultivation.
A universal being can go anywhere in the starry Heaven. Someone may say, “I can move to England if I don’t like being here,” and if he does not like England he can move to France, and if he does not like France he can move to Spain. He may
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be a global being, but he is not yet a universal being. One can be a universal being by conceptual discrim- inations. but this is only on the mental level. The truth is that one can be anywhere, not in the flesh but with the light energy one accumulates from the world. This light energy is part of spiritual methodology, the real science of spiritual cultivation which is not the same thing as religion.
people psychologically need religion to maintain social moral- ity. The true expression of morality, however, comes from natural law. If one wishes to be supernatural. one must
what is not natural. To this, an impor- tant example is the question, “How far is it from Earth to a divine star such as one of those in the Big Dipper?” Surely it is many light years away. With developed spiritual energy, however, one can cause a response as quickly as the snap of a ringer and the starry being will stand right in front of you, exactly as summoned. We cannot expect such divine ways to be taught or demonstrated to the majority of people. They are truly holy.
The way of that can lead one back to Mother Nature and to being supernatural is clearly outlined in the Tao
There is no better way to restore purity and relations with all natural beings.
Earth is a toy room for starry heavenly beings who watch human struggles in the same way that a child plays with toy soldiers that fight and destroy each other. The shallowness and ignorance of undeveloped human beings create trouble for people who wish to use Earth as a place for self-cultivation and continual development.
Are the beings of other planets as ignorant as human
beings? No, starry beings do not have the heavy,
lent flesh body of human beings. They have a subtle form and a higher capability. They are not separated from the energy. They do not cultivate, they are natural and are very developed. That is why the ancient call them heavenly beings. Their level is far higher than that of human beings.
One may wonder if there are any evil beings in the universe. This has been discussed earlier. They are not they are rough. Natural beings are never the same as human beings who are tricky, greedy and rough.
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Ascension to Heaven does not seem very important to modern people who are under the pressures and tensions of practical life, who demand immediate, visible pleasures, and who do not consider their spiritual future but merely indulge in material life. When they become ghosts, they suddenly become aware of the importance of ascending to Heaven with the freedom of a universal being, but by this time their poten- tial to become light has been lost and they can only sink deeply into the ground with a heavy separation from all living entities. One’s heaviness becomes his limitation and
ment. and this sense one builds one’s own hell. So here I remind you, good reader, that it is important, if you still value your precious soul. to live not only for the short period of your
human life, but to live long and free with all those important stars and with the whole nature of the universe.
I do not wish to see this toy room of high beings destroyed before some good humans have the to achieve and transform themselves.
Natural Cultivation and the Taoist Canon
Throughout of years, human beings developed from the constant cycle of nature. By observing hibernating insects and animals around them and the yearly cycles of vegetation, they responded naturally to all seasons. In Spring they were lively, in Summer vivacious, in Autumn they gath- ered themselves, and in Winter they prepared for return. Thus mankind achieved an existence here on Earth that was in harmony with the divine order of the universe.
Before the stage of separation between Heaven and Earth, the natural and supernatural were one. After life in a form became from spirit, the supernatural quality of natural life started to diminish. In spiritual cultivation. it is understood that the highest achievement of a human is to restore what is most natural in order to reach the super- natural. Thus the regimen of self-cultivation and all methods of spiritual development are practiced according to the natur- al cycle of the season. Seasonal periods mark significant times which are beneficial for undertaking special cultivation for purposes.
of the
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For those who have the high and the will achieve themselves spiritually. to unite themselves in
short lifespan with the deathless the methods of the ancient achieved ones left sacred and secret books, some of which are preserved